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A Converged Digital Vision: Colony Capital Rebrands as DigitalBridge

By Rich Miller - June 9, 2021

The Vantage Data Centers VA12 facility in Ashburn, Virginia. Vantage is among the digital infrastructure holdings of DigitalBridge. (Image: Vantage)

Colony Capital is changing its name to DigitalBridge, a move that aligns its brand with CEO Marc Ganzi’s vision for a company driving the transition to a cloud-powered future. Ganzi sees DigitalBridge as the first truly global, diversified digital REIT.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, DataBank, Digital Bridge, Vantage Data Centers

DataBank Deal Expands Funding Options for Colocation, Edge Computing

By Rich Miller - March 23, 2021

The exterior of the DataBank SLC5 data center on the comp[any's Granite Point campus in Bluffdale, Utah. (Image: DataBank)

A recent financing by DataBank breaks new ground in financing data center growth, and may help colocation and edge computing specialists raise capital using strategies previously limited to hyperscale deals.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, DataBank, Digital Colony

Data Center M&A On the Horizon as New SPACs Go Shopping

By Rich Miller - February 15, 2021

Infrastructure Masons founder Dean Nelson interviews entrepreneur Michael Tobin (right), who is reportedly eyeing new investment vehicles for the sector. (Photo: Rich Miller)

More data center mergers and acquisitions (M&A) appear likely amid reports of two new special purpose acquisition corporations (SPACs) featuring teams of data center executives. Meanwhile, the industry’s busiest consolidator is raising a huge new round of capital.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, SPACs, Vantage Data Centers

The Top 10 Data Center Stories for November 2020

By Rich Miller - December 1, 2020

Digital Realty's Building P in Ashburn is among the multi-tenant data center facilities housing different types of workloads. (Photo: Digital Realty)

Edge, Equinix and Atlanta were the three themes that grabbed readers’ attention in November. Here are the 10 most popular stories on Data Center Frontier in November 2020, in order of article views.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, DataBank, Equinix, Microsoft, Switch Data Centers, Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Raises $1.25 Billion in Equity Capital to Fund Data Center Growth

By Rich Miller - November 19, 2020

The Vantage Data Centers CA21 facility in Santa Clara, Calif. (Photo: Vantage)

Vantage Data Centers has raised $1.25 billion in equity funding from its current investors, led by Digital Colony. The funding reinforces the value proposition of building wholesale data center space for hyperscale customers, including the leading players in cloud computing and online commerce.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, Digital Colony, Vantage Data Centers

Colony’s Digital Playbook Powers Edge Strategy for DataBank

By Rich Miller - November 11, 2020

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Colony Capital has built DataBank through a deal-driven “digital playbook” that brings together a convergence of technologies, companies and investors. The goal: capture the huge opportunity in edge computing.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, DataBank, Edge Computing

DataBank Acquires zColo Data Centers in Major Expansion

By Rich Miller - September 29, 2020

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Colocation provider DataBank has agreed to acquire zColo in a deal that dramatically expands DataBank’s data center network, adding 44 data centers across 23 markets in the U.S. and Europe.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, DataBank, Zayo

Colony-Led Group Invests $1.2 Billion in Vantage Portfolio, Funding Future Growth

By Rich Miller - July 7, 2020

The Vantage V5 data center in Santa Clara, Calif. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Colony Capital is leading an investor group that will invest $1.2 billion in Vantage Data Centers’ data centers, providing Vantage with capital to build more data centers.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Acquires NGD to Continue European Expansion

By Rich Miller - April 7, 2020

Vantage Data Centers is continuing its expansion into European markets with a definitive agreement to acquire Next Generation Data (NGD), a massive data center facility in Cardiff, Wales.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, Europe, Vantage Data Centers

Colony Capital Invests in DataBank, Has Big Plans in Digital Infrastructure

By Rich Miller - January 9, 2020

Colony Capital intends to be an active investor in the data center sector in 2020 and beyond. Its recent $185 million investment in DataBank provides insights to Colony’s strategy to expand aggressively into digital infrastructure.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, DataBank, Edge Computing, Vantage Data Centers

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Edge Computing is Poised to Remake the Data Center Landscape

Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

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The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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